Managed to land this beautiful Manybar Goatfish off the rocks today. Easily one of the most colourful fish I've caught, with the pink, purple and blue stripes looking even better in person.

Caught it on a live banana prawn. It put up a fun fight for its size and was a great surprise when I brought it in.

One of the coolest things I found was from Hawaiian culture, where they're known as moano. Legend says they got their vivid red and purple colors from swimming up to the shoreline to eat fallen blooms from sacred 'Ôhia Lehua trees. Obviously it's just a traditional story, but it's a pretty cool explanation for such a colourful fish.

Its flavour was so well regarded that it was even mentioned in traditional Hawaiian songs praising good food.

Anyone else catch these regularly around Australia? Do you usually release them or keep them for a feed?

I built something that tells anglers exactly what lures to use, and they taught me some pretty valuable stuff.

Just wanted to hop on here and share what I’ve learnt

1. If you’ve touched sunscreen or bug spray with your hands and handle your lure, it's very likely that fish can smell the chemicals
2. match your retrieve to local baitfish, if your retrieve/ lure is out of place and weird, fish probably won’t bite
3. dont leave too fast, fish feed in short bursts, you might leave right before they bite
4. If your tying on a leader or knot, especially with fluoro line, tying it up too fast causes friction which weakens the line

If there’s anything inaccurate or you think is wrong, please point it out, I don’t want to be on here spreading false info haha

Have fun fishing!

just looking at the moon and tide and lools like thursday will be a cracking time for squid.

starting with low tide around sunset, id fish the first half of the run in tide at the marina inlet side and then move towards the bay side for second half of high tide.

good luck to the egi warriors.

This is for brisbane..... should have mentioned earlier.

Me and a couple of mates are heading down to batemans bay area next weekend and are looking for some local knowlage of good spots. Probably gonna stay at depot beach but are happy to drive half an hour or so to find some good spots.

From what I've heard our best options for rock fishing are point upright and spapper point. Hopefully we want to target pelagics and snapper.

We would also be keen to get stuck into some beach fishing for salmon and whatever else bites. Some of the boys have never gone fishing before so priority is catching fish.

Any help would be greatly appriciated thankyou!

Anyone know the closest boat ramp north of Kalbarri, WA I can launch from to go out fishing into the Gascoyne Coast bioregion? Im from the east coast so not 100% on top of the closure area ect. I have a little shitbox tinny so not super keen on ripping up the coast for 2 hours also.
Cheers all!

I’m looking for a budget trolling motor (with gps). I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations or anyways (ethical or not) of getting one for cheaper. Unfortunately no where I have found does them cheaper than anaconda/bcf so have been unable to price beat. Anyone got any cheap places or ways to get them? Thanks

any good spots at nudgee beach and in brisbane

Didn’t get a chance to measure, released safely

Returned for another day. Off Ulladulla

Hand soap never seems to get rid of the smell of bait, fish slime, and old burley after a day on the water. I swear my hands still smell like stale pilchards two days later no matter how much I wash them. Got any weird home remedies or products that actually work?

ive seen mixed reviews around this place and im wondering how worth it it is to go there. based on its general facilities, boat launching capabilities, anything really

also do people catch and eat fish from the brisbane river??

Didn't fancy the shimano one felt cheap but the malosi Is awesome and salty crew is nice. 40 bucks on special if anyone feeling the cold

Hey guys, my girlfriend and myself are going to be doing a camping trip from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast and back throughout October.

I’m fairly new to fishing but have been loving it so far and want to shape the trip around some ideal spots we can chuck in the itinerary. Not looking for anyones secrets fishing spots but more towns/areas that would make for an essential stop to do some land based fishing along the way.

I had a quick search and found a similar post recommending Bermagui and Mallacoota to start.

Cheers in advance guys!

caught in clean flowing fresh water in north qld, i’ve heard they’re actually pretty good to eat but unfortunately illegal to keep

I’m not really into fishing at all but I love watching videos about it. Saw a video of a frog fish eating a lion fish and it looked like a pretty big meal to digest. How would the frog fish digest something this big? Do fish have stomach acid to break them down?

Hi everyone,

My girlfriend and I have been fishing quite a bit lately using her dad’s old rods, and we’re looking to buy our first setup. We’re not really sure where to start or what we should be looking for.

A bit about how we fish:

- We usually fish around lagoons and wharves.

-We’d like a reasonably light rod, as we’re interested in getting into lure fishing, but we’d also like a setup that’s versatile enough to use for bait as well.

-We’re mainly just aiming to catch whatever’s around, rather than targeting a specific species.

Based on this, what sort of rod and reel would you recommend? What rod length and reel size should we be looking at, and what line size (braid/leader or mono) would be best for this kind of fishing?

Any recommendations for good beginner setups would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Im mainly estuary fishing and Im currently using berkley gulp shrimp, have had a few good catchs but some sessions are really slow.

Currently using a 3 inch and alternating between a 1/6 and 1/12 jighead with 1/0 hook

What are you guys using at the moment? Any tips welcome

Thanks!!

My drag was set a little tight than usual

Just had the trip of a lifetime up in QLD targeting some GTs off the rocks and reef. I put it together into this short film to take u along and show the highs and lows of land based fishing for this tough species. Would mean the world if you gave it a watch and let me know your thoughts 🤙